Darryl Sutter is coaching behind the Calgary Flames' bench, and yet it must seem to the Detroit Red Wings as if they are facing him on the ice. The Flames, leading 3-2 going into tonight's potential clinching Game 6 in Calgary, embrace the former playing style of their coach and his five brothers from Viking, Alberta.

The Detroit Red Wings lost captain Steve Yzerman, then the game. Craig Conroy scored with 3:53 left in the second period soon after Yzerman was hit in the face with a puck and Miikka Kiprusoff made 31 saves to lift the Calgary Flames to a 1-0 victory over Detroit in Game 5 on Saturday.

Entering the playoffs, the Detroit Red Wings boasted 2,203 games of playoff experience. They had 25 players averaging 88 postseason games a man. Hockey tradition says that should give the Red Wings a significant advantage, but hockey tradition must not be watching what has happened this month.

Calgary needs some production from Jarome Iginla as they prepare for Game 3 in the Western Conference semifinal. The Flames' most dangerous offensive threat has been shut down, failing to even muster a shot in Saturday's 5-2 loss to Detroit, which tied the series 1-1.

Steve Yzerman needed very little help to get the Detroit Red Wings even with the Calgary Flames in the Western Conference semifinals. Yzerman scored twice 2:13 apart in the second period to give Detroit a three-goal lead, and the Red Wings defeated Calgary 5-2 in Game 2.

Marcus Nilson's first career playoff goal at 2:39 of overtime lifted Calgary to a 2-1 victory over Detroit in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinal series. Martin Gelinas passed the puck from behind the net to Nilson, whose shot from the left circle got past Curtis Joseph's glove.

Blue Jackets left wing Rick Nash will not play for Team Canada in the IIHF World Hockey Championships after undergoing minor surgery for a severe throat infection. Nash, 19, tied for the NHL lead in goals this season with 41 and was expected to make his Canadian National Team debut.

As soon as Toronto forward Joe Nieuwendyk slipped two long shots past Ottawa's Patrick Lalime, the transformation of the Stanley Cup playoffs was complete. With the Senators gone, none of last year's semifinalists made it to the second round in 2004.